26 U.S.C. § 9035 - Qualified campaign expense limitations

• Cite as: 26 U.S.C. § 9035

(a) Expenditure limitations

No candidate shall knowingly incur qualified campaign expenses in excess of the expenditure limitation applicable under section 315(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and no candidate shall knowingly make expenditures from his personal funds, or the personal funds of his immediate family, in connection with his campaign for nomination for election to the office of President in excess of, in the aggregate, $50,000.

(b) Definition of immediate family

For purposes of this section, the term "immediate family" means a candidate's spouse, and any child, parent, grandparent, brother, half-brother, sister, or half-sister of the candidate, and the spouses of such persons.

Cite as 26 U.S.C. § 9035

Source: Added Pub. L. 93-443, title IV, §408(c), Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1300; amended Pub. L. 94-283, title III, §§305(a), 307(c), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 499, 501; Pub. L. 113-295, div. A, title II, §220(z), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 4037.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 11/8/2021

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 315 of The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to section 30116 of Title 52, Voting and Elections.

AMENDMENTS

2014-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113-295 substituted "section 315(b)(1)(A)" for "section 320(b)(1)(A)".